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The Gospel for today includes some of the most difficult verses in the entire Gospel of Mark. Those most difficult verses aren’t when Jesus says, “Whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward” (v 41)—though those verses could easily be misunderstood…

22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Actually, that doesn’t sound so bad, does it? We’re all in the same boat. None of us is perfect, after all. Paul is right. We have fallen…

Cole is a high school student and a member of Living Grace Lutheran Church that meets in Urbana High School in Ijamsville, Maryland (Frederick County). Cole attended the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Youth Gathering in Houston , TX, in June/July 2018. He travelled with the youth of Good Shepherd Lutheran in Frederick, Maryland; both congregations are member congregations of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA. You can see the video that occurs in the middle of this sermon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1cKN-4-Gs. In this sermon, Cole shares how this trip to Houston changed everything for him and his faith in Jesus Christ.